2011 Menghai Dayi "100 year" tribute cake

Nice – I’ve been looking at this one for awhile now, might need to break down and get some. Glad you enjoyed it. :))

A good one Dex.

Dexter, I still have some of the sample left if you’d like to try it.

i totally have some of mine earmarked for dex….but she won’t let me send her box yet :)

haha, ok. ;)

I love this shou! I’m a big fan of Lao Cha Tuo too :)

Makers swear by the twigs, which they say adds to the flavour when aging. The bit about twigs comes up regularly with fu-cha as well. Evidently, there is something in the twigs that assists in the fermentation process. What is your experience?

@ Steph (tou cf tuo)

lol tououous

Twigs and roots must be boiled to extract any flavor beyond what has accumulated on the surface of the twig from other leaves. I say it is BS that they add flavor, they are filler, but most likely it is a cheaper process to include the twigs. If they have to be removed, the only way is by hand, labor intensive and time consuming. Nobody is going to do it. With high grades of tea, these are usually small batch and very expensive and so hand processing for quality is more likely. But factory made tea cakes of chop sold cheap will have the twigs.

yay! its an excellent pu. i got it fr Aliexpress, cheaper than on ebay. and its very good seller, mrmpar approved. let me know if you want a link ;)

I like this one a lot Sil. I have 3. One for me , one for me..oh I said that, and one for the grand-son. He likes it as well.

boychik – may take you up on that in a few weeks. lol i’m trying to get through more of my puerh since i still have a lot of samples kicking around and want to get through those so i can start picking up cakes lol don’t tell my other half haha

Just now ups truck was passing by and my hubby says : “oh look mommy getting new tea”. The truck didn’t stop. I demanded an apology ;)

Sil if you ever need to know where to get any puerh let me know. I know most of the sellers.

boychik – hahahaha
mrmopar – i will likely take you up on that eventually. esp if it involves aliexpress…that place overwhelms me like nobody’s business

boychick, I bet you had it forwarded to a neighbor (:

I need to find someone, mrmopar :D

Don’t feel alone. I have a box stashed in between the couch cushions that I haven’t had a chance to move in the tea room yet.

I’m so glad you still like it. I’ll pm you later

Have you purchased cakes from Aliexpress? You need to be careful of the sellers and look out for fake products. I did not purchase mine here but this particular seller has been a good one for me in the past and they still list the 100 Year Revolution shu on their site (although I notice the price has definitely increased).
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/8-PU-er-tea-memorial-tea-puer-cooked-tea-101-357g/1017561_1585655214.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/PU-er-cooked-tea-memorial-tea-101-tea-cake-357g/867260557.html
This is where I got mine .

Thank you both! :)

Boychik’s seller offers a great price. If the tag on the back is authentic, definitely go for this one!

Looks authentic to me. But what do I know. I heard they are very creative with tags

Ada on the site boychick posted is agood seller. I would just email her and make sure she can get this at the same price as it has jumped since we bought it. She always has the real stuff in what I purchased from her.

Forgot to add, if she doesn’t have it available I still know a couple of other sources.

Awesome. You guys rock!

the price is the same as i bought in Feb

Good seller.

I know! I keep reading your posts, & a few others, & I just need people to go buy more of my CDs from my webpage, so I’ll have more money in my Paypal account to spend! :)